Portable roof.



No. 738,694. v PATENTED-SEPT. 8, V1.903.4 W. MORRIS.

PDRTABLE ROOF. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6. 1902.

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'W. MORRIS.` PORTABLE ROOF.

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IPATENT OFFICE j WALTER MoRRrs, or DovER DELAWARE.

`:iPECIIiICIAT'lKJlI forming part of Letters Patent No'.` 738,694, dated September 8, 1903.

'Application iiled August 1.0102.` Serial Io. 118,640.' iNo model.)

To a/Zwhom it con/406777,:A Be it known that I, WALTER MORRIS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Dover, in the'county of Kent and State of Delaware, have invented certain new and use# ful Improvements in Portable Roofs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to portable roofs and j especially thatclass adapted for protecting stacks of grain and for the economic construction of outbuildings, awnings, and small pavilions.

The objects of the invention are, first, to

produce aportable roof of the character noted which may be simply and efficiently assembled and when so assembled will be compact, durable, and j strong;` second, to produce a portable roof wherein the means for securing the parts of the roof together are protected from the corrosive action of the weatherand the consequent impairment of said means prevented; third, to produce a portable roof which may be adapted as an awning and detachably secured to a building and by virtue said detachable `connection form no part of the building; fourth, to produce a portable roof which may be easily disconnected and packed in a comparatively small space for i shipment.

Einauy the Object of the invention is to produce a portable roof of the character noted which will prove simple in construction, satisp factory in use, and comparatively inexpensive Same.

to install and maintain.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention iconsists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and

wherein like characters denote correspond-V ing parts in the several views, and in which-4 Figure l is a plan view showing the invention adapted to a gable roof. Fig. 2 is a side view of` same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of Fig.4 is a cross-section showing connection between the panels. Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the invention adapted as an awning. Fig. 6 is a sectional viewshowing panels packed together for shipment.

. the panels at the top ofthe gable.

Fig. 7 is a plan view showing the form of portable roof adapted for a round stack-protectoror small pavilion. Fig. 8 is a sectional .view of same. Fig. 9 is a perspective view lshowing the invention applied as a stack-pro tector. Fig. l0 is a perspective view showing the invention applied to a pavilion.

Referring to the drawings andymore especially those showing the gable-roof formation, `1 and 2 indicate the sectional panels of which the roof is composed. These panels are preferably made of corrugated galvanized iron. The panel l is narrower than the panel 2 and has its longitudinal flanges 3 adapted to interlock with the flanges 4i of the oppositelydisposed panels 2.

Interiorly and rigidly secured to the iianges `3 of thepanel 1 are the screw-shanks 5, which register in openings 6 made in the flanges 4 of the panels 2 when the panels are assembled. By securing a suitable nut 7 on the screw- Shanks 5 it .will be apparent that the panels will be jirmly secured together and that saidscrew Vand nut will be protected from the corrosive action of the weather. By continuing Vthe above operation it will be obvious that a roof of any `desired length can be had.

In orderto provide against leakage at the junction of the panels at the top of the gable, `the panels 1 areformed with theeXtensions 8, which are adapted to be turned down upon the surface of the oppositely-inclined panel and 4efficiently cover the joint formed between On the opposite ends of panels 1 are also provided the extensions 9, which are adapted to be turned down and protect the interlocking connection between panels 1 and 2 at that point. At the upper ends of panels 2 there is provided a tongue 10, formed by slitting the line of intersection of the face of the panel and the flange being adapted to penetrate posts secured in rods are also utlized for supporting the roof,`

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suitable foundations at each end of the roof.

In Figs. 7, 8, 9, and IO is shown still anotherI form of the same fundamental idea. In this form the panels aretapered, so as to form a circular roof When secured together.

tight by means of a cone-shaped hood pro- 'vided With an opening in its apex, through 4which is inserted a bolt-Withan enlarged head .andwhich extends Within the assembled roof,

and the hood is bound fast .by means of -a Washer. and thnmb-nutsecured onthethreadedv end ofthe bolt. A series of radial tongues at the -baseof the hood -servefto shelter the openingsat the point of meeting of the tapering panels. `It Will be noted :that this form of roof is especially adapted 4as a stack-.protector, or as arooffor small pavilions atpleasure resorts. It Will be'further noted thatfmy invention lis especially-adapted toroofing'for lfreight-cars, as in case of accidents those sections or panels not injured could be utilized` again, thereby saving considerable loss.

y While I have shown several preferred forms vofapplicationof Vmydnvention, `it Willbe understood'that other changes could be resorted .to by'those skilledin the artwithout departing from the scope of the invention.

fl-Iaving thus described .my invention,what 1I. claim as new, anddesireto secure'fbyLetters Patent, -isl. 'In aportable roofa series of panels having interlocking flanges, a-screW-shank rigidly secured'to the fianges of one panel, apertures penetrated by the screW-shanksin thean ges ofthe adjacent panels and a nut on the screwshanks foribinding the .panels together.

2. `In aportable roof, a series of panelshav- In this case one end of thel The: radial center of said panels is made Water-I ing interlocking fianges, means for detachably Y securing the panels together, 'registering apertures in the ends of the flanges, strengthening-rods run through said registering apertures, whereby the roof in its entirety is more firmly bound together.

3. In a portable roof, a series of panels alternately having interlocking anges, means for detachably' securing the panels together, registering apertures in the ends of the flanges,

posts secured in suitable foundations adjacent to the roof, apertures in the ends of the posts and strengthening-rods penetrating the apertures of the posts and the apertures of the flanges whereby the roof in its entirety is supported, substantiallyas described.

4. In a portable roof, a series of panels havinginterlocking longitudinal iianges, means for securing'the panels together, tongues or extensions-.on the upper ends of the panels adapted'to lbe bentupon the surface of the oppositely-disposedpanel and the junction of the oppositely-disposed panels, substantially as described.

5. lIn a portable roof, a series of panels taperingLtoWard one end and Vhaving interlocking Iianges, means for securing the v.panels 1together,.a hood for covering the radial cen- :ter' of the panels, means 'for binding the hood .in place land `means for supporting the roof in its entirety, substantially as described.

.6. In aportable roof, a series of panels hav- Iinginterlocking flanges, means for detachably securing the edges together, tongues formed yat the top edges of the oppositelyinclined panels, said tongues being adapted to be bent upon-the surface of the opposite panels, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof-I affix my signature, in `the ,presence of two Witnesses, this 30th yday of July, '1902.

WALTER MORRIS.

Witnesses AGEO. A. RocK,

ANNIE E. MooRn. 

